Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-11-30
THE POLITICAL CAULpRoN


Now Boiling and notwithstanding
by the WaYslde-The Contests For
Places i'm the Common COuncil-The
Conventions This Week.
Little knots of ward politicians were to be
seen in all the big Democratic wards yester-
day, chiefly in the vicinity of where fluids
were disposed of, and many more lowered
about the City Hall. The occupation in hand
seemed to be the work of ''fxing the dele
gates" and making up. the states which had
not already been made up. While this year
no mayor, no city clerk, no city sheriff is to
be elected, this being an ''off year" yet there
is great ado in Democratic wards over the
candidates to be nominated to sit in the
Common Council, and as usual two or more
Democratic tickets will be run in the big
wards There is no commotion this year
over the se1ectmens ticket and the old ticket
meets but little opposition.
Chairman DALEY calls the Republican town
and city conventions for Friday evening to
be held at room Hoadley building. The
city convention will be held first. The DEM
ocratic convention to nominate town ticket
will be held tomorrow evening at Turn Hall
and they nominate a board of relief ticket
tonight at Turn Hall, also candidate for
city treasurer at the same place.
Alfred Hughes and George 81. Saunders
are the Republican town delegates from the
Fifteenth ward.
There is hot work in the old Seventh, a
part of what was once the ''Bloody Fifth. {"
Alderman Sheridan is welding his battle axe
to secure denomination. The John j. Sui
livan ticket is the opposition. Alderman
Sheridan was acting mayor once for day.
He is the druggist on Grand avenue. Sull1-
vans friends are big workers, too An old
time dispute over the ballot box contents
was had Monday night. Moderator Thomas
Reilly submitted. the dispute to Police Com
missioner Shannon. He ruled out the II
double ballots found out of 819 ballots, which
left discrepancy of only three between the
ballots found in the box and the check list.
The trouble was owing to the temporary alb
sence of the checker; accordingly Mr.. Shan
non decided that the facts did not call Tor
another primary Both sides demanded 1t.
Mr. Shannon is chairman of the Democratic
town committee.
At the Democratic town convention the
principal fight will be over nominating a
candidate for registrar of vital statistics.
Carr and Neal are candidates and both expect
to win, and Campbell and McGuinness are
clark hosses."
FROM MR.. PATIENCE.
Notice.-Having been without my consent placed
before the public as candidate for councilman in
tious for political honors and therefore withdraw
my name as candidate. thank my friends for
their confidence. 4. J. PATIENCE
In the Twelfth lively fight has been in
progress to decide whether Councilman
Patrick Kent or ex-Councilmau Thomas
Heenan should occupy the seat now occupied
by Councilman Connors in the council
chamber. Mr.. Connors desires to step down
and out. Mr.. Kent's friends claim the vic
tory.
Among the candidates for councilmer in
the Twelfth are Napoleon Boughton,
James Hayes. McKiernan is sergeant IN
the Sarsfelds and locksmith at N. D. Fol
SONS Crown street store.
In the Second ward ex-Prosecuting Attor-
ney T. J. Fox will probably get the Demo
cratic nomination for alderman and JameslE.
McGann, they say, is booked for similar
honor from the Third, with the old Council
ticket, Moran, McHugh and Bohan. Fox
will have to run against Alderman Kinney,
Republican, and the latter will probably win
again. The Morris T. Lynch boom for alder
man in the Third was successful according
to accounts. Gilhuly won the Democratic
nomination for alderman in the Sixth over
Belcher, with more tickets to be heard from.
In the Ninth Edward Coffey will be nom
mated for alderman on the Democratic ticket
He is a native of the ward and a popular
young man, formerly connected with the fire
department. The Democrats will make big
effort to elect him, and they claim that
many colored voters will give their votes to
CoHey.